uppy:the difference is one person does not drink 50-100 dollars a week in bottles water but will easily spend it on gas.....you are comparing apples to oranges.....you can get a case of water for 3.99-5.99 (poland spring, deer park etc) and it can last you 3-5 days depending on the person.....lets see 5.99 in gas last you 3-5 days
Its insane and something this country is totally illequipped to deal with. We don't have the elasticity in our economy or budgets to just fit in a couple hundred dollars out of the blue every month that has never been there before.
Bottom line, its a big shit sandwich and we ALL will have to take a bite.
Bottom line, its a big shit sandwich and we ALL will have to take a bite.
I have been saying this for a whilie.
when oil was $11 gas was $1.75/gallon.
Makes me think they were really reaming consumers before and now it is catching up.
The other one that gets me is how airfare has barely gone up over the last 5 years although the price of oil is crazy high. Airlines keep losing millions of dollars and they aren't raising the fares drastically.
Its not that hard to understand...
15 yrs ago and before when they wanted to sell gas they called the U.S. , we bought all we needed then the Euros got the rest.
Today when they want to sell gas there are companies from India, China, S.America and S.Africa ALL bidding on it.......
They dont ride bicycles in China anymore nor camels in India, They have suburbs just like we do and they use gas just like we do. Their demand grows everyday.
You Democrats wanted a global economy, you wanted to outsource every GD thing that Al Gore tells you leaves a carbon footprint then STOP YOUR DAMN BITCHING AND DO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR YEARS WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE ECONOMY...GRAB YOUR WALLET!!!!!
15 yrs ago and before when they wanted to sell gas they called the U.S. , we bought all we needed then the Euros got the rest.
Today when they want to sell gas there are companies from India, China, S.America and S.Africa ALL bidding on it.......
They dont ride bicycles in China anymore nor camels in India, They have suburbs just like we do and they use gas just like we do. Their demand grows everyday.
You Democrats wanted a global economy, you wanted to outsource every GD thing that Al Gore tells you leaves a carbon footprint then STOP YOUR DAMN BITCHING AND DO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR YEARS WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE ECONOMY...GRAB YOUR WALLET!!!!!
By the way ...bought any Freon for your Airconditioner yet this year????
Last summer i was paying $59 for 30lbs...Today its $200 for 30lbs and going up about $30 a month.
I guess Bush and Haliburton are causing that too????
Or is it because they are usuing MORE of it in India and China than we are...o and they are MAKING IT THERE too, unlike us who no longer produce it since its soooooooooooooooo harmful to produce it in the U.S. but somehow is perfectly fine to produce anywhere else...
Last summer i was paying $59 for 30lbs...Today its $200 for 30lbs and going up about $30 a month.
I guess Bush and Haliburton are causing that too????
Or is it because they are usuing MORE of it in India and China than we are...o and they are MAKING IT THERE too, unlike us who no longer produce it since its soooooooooooooooo harmful to produce it in the U.S. but somehow is perfectly fine to produce anywhere else...
Yep, I was working as a driver at the time while in college and was paying about $0.90.
Also part of the reason oil is so high is commodity trader speculation. The real market cost of oil based on demand should be about $65 - $80 barrel. There is a premium right now due to the run up by energy traders. As funds rotate out of equities, stocks and real estate they have been put into commodities such as gold an oil artificially inflating the price. That is one reason Oil prices are so high while gasoline has failed to rise at the same pace.
